Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review

F Cheng, M Jolivet, Z Guo, L Wang, C Zhang, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, the Qaidam basin preserves over 10 km
thick of Cenozoic sediments. Those sediments represent a unique archive of the evolution of …

Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

C Wang, J Dai, X Zhao, Y Li, SA Graham, D He, B Ran… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

W Wang, W Zheng, P Zhang, Q Li, E Kirby… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The appearance of detritus shed from mountain ranges along the northern margin of the
Tibetan Plateau heralds the Cenozoic development of high topography. Current estimates of …

The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large‐scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

DY Yuan, WP Ge, ZW Chen, CY Li, ZC Wang… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies of the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau have called attention to two
emerging views of how the Tibetan Plateau has grown. First, deformation in northern Tibet …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic study of the Paleogene-Neogene strata in the Northern Qaidam Basin: Implications for the growth of the Northeastern Tibetan …

J Ji, K Zhang, PD Clift, G Zhuang, B Song, X Ke… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic terrestrial, intermontane Qaidam Basin on the northeastern edge of
the Tibetan Plateau contains> 12 km of sedimentary rocks that potentially document the …

Low‐temperature thermochronometry along the Kunlun and Haiyuan Faults, NE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for kinematic change during late‐stage orogenesis

AR Duvall, MK Clark, E Kirby, KA Farley… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is a prime example of a collisional orogen with widespread
strike‐slip faults whose age and tectonic significance remain controversial. We present new …

Testing models of Tibetan Plateau formation with Cenozoic shortening estimates across the Qilian Shan–Nan Shan thrust belt

AV Zuza, X Cheng, A Yin - Geosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Competing models that account for the construction of the Tibetan Plateau include
continental subduction, underthrusting, distributed shortening, channel flow, and older …

Innovations in (U–Th)/He, fission track, and trapped charge thermochronometry with applications to earthquakes, weathering, surface‐mantle connections, and the …

AK Ault, C Gautheron, GE King - Tectonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A transformative advance in Earth science is the development of low‐temperature
thermochronometry to date Earth surface processes or quantify the thermal evolution of …

Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India

DJJ van Hinsbergen, P Kapp, G Dupont‐Nivet… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing problem in the geological evolution of the India‐Asia collision zone is how
and where convergence between India and Asia was accommodated since collision …